Drip-cup for umbrellas



(No Model.) I

' W. C. DODDRIDGE.

DRIP GUPPOR UMBRELLAS.

No. 411316:r Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES f PATENT OFFICE.

lVlLLIAM C. DODDRIDGE, OF FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRIP-CUP FOR UMBRELLAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,316, dated December 17, 1889.

Application led April 22, 1889. Serial No. 308,070. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM C. DODDRIDGE, of Fitchburg, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drip- Cups for Umbrellas, of whichv the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of an nmbrellatip provided with my improved drip-cup, the cup being shown in vertical section; Fig. 2, a like view showing the cup provided with a socket for receiving the tip end of the umbrellastick, and Fig. 3 a top plan view of the cup removed.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to drip-cups, which may be detachably secured to umbrella-tips; and it consists in certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and more effective device of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matt-ers from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the umbrella, B the stick, and C the drip-cup considered as a whole.

The umbrella is of the ordinary form and construction. The cup C is composed of rubber or similar elastic material, and is preferably oval in cross-section, conforming somewhat to the curve of the umbrella-ribs when open. The body d of the cup is provided with a concaved top g integral with the body. This concaved top is provided with several annular rows of perforations, some of which are located near the central lower portion of the top and others are disposed near the npper outer edge thereof. The inner lower series of perforations serve to admit water, while the upper outer series serve as vents to enable the air to escape readily and permit the entrance of the water. The top g is provided with a central opening w for the passage of the umbrella-stick, and the bottom of t-he cup is provided, as shown in Fig. 2, with a socket x, for receiving the tip end of the umbrella-stick. In this construction the cup is fastened to the stick by means of a screw Z, which passes through 'the bottom of the socket into the stick.

Instead of the socket x the bottom of the cup may be provided with a central opening corresponding with the opening w in the top of the cup, and in this construction the umbrella-stick passes through both the top and bottom of the cup, as shown in Fig. l. `The opening w in the top of the cup and the corresponding opening in the bottom thereof are slightly smaller in diameter than the stick, so that the elasticity of the cup will hold the cup in position on the stick. The bottom of the cup may be stiifened at f to assist in holding it on the stick, this being effected either by thickening the body for vulcanizing it at this point.

In the use of this improved cup it -is adjusted on the umbrella-stick as illustrated in the drawings. lVhen the umbrella is open and in use, the cup is inverted. Then the umbrella is closed and inverted in the usual manner, the water runs olf the cover onto the concaved top of the cup and readily passes through the lower perforations thereof into the cup, the air escaping through the outer perforations near the circumference.

A drip-cup for umbrellas, consisting of a hollow cup-shaped body, a concave perforated top covering said body,and a closed bottom provided with an internal socket for receiving the tip end of the umbrella, all composed of vulcanized rubber in one piece.

i WILLIAM DODDRIDGE.

Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE. 

